diff --git a/include/linux/trace_clock.h b/include/linux/trace_clock.h
index d563f37e1a1df..1d7ca2739272b 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_clock.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_clock.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 extern u64 notrace trace_clock_local(void);
 extern u64 notrace trace_clock(void);
+extern u64 notrace trace_clock_jiffies(void);
 extern u64 notrace trace_clock_global(void);
 extern u64 notrace trace_clock_counter(void);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index f90ca16afcf24..8eabfbb8003e3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ trace_clock_local,	"local",	1 },
 	{ trace_clock_global,	"global",	1 },
 	{ trace_clock_counter,	"counter",	0 },
+	{ trace_clock_jiffies,	"uptime",	1 },
 	ARCH_TRACE_CLOCKS
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
index aa8f5f48dae61..26dc348332b79 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ u64 notrace trace_clock(void)
 	return local_clock();
 }
 
+/*
+ * trace_jiffy_clock(): Simply use jiffies as a clock counter.
+ */
+u64 notrace trace_clock_jiffies(void)
+{
+	u64 jiffy = jiffies - INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+
+	/* Return nsecs */
+	return (u64)jiffies_to_usecs(jiffy) * 1000ULL;
+}
 
 /*
  * trace_clock_global(): special globally coherent trace clock